Creating And Erasing Songs - Alesis SR18 Guia De Inicio Rapido

CREATING AND ERASING SONGS

The SR18 can remember the order in which you selected Patterns, which variations were
selected, and when you selected fills. Recording this information in SR18's Song Mode
creates a complete Song. Begin with the SR18 stopped.
STEP 1
Select Song Mode by pressing the PATTERN /
SONG button so the display says SONG.
STEP 2
The display should say EMPTY SONG. If not,
press the INC / DEC buttons (or use the VALUE
dial) to select an empty song.
STEP 3
Choose a Pattern for Song step 1 by switching back to Pattern Mode (press SONG /
PATTERN so PATTERN is displayed). User Patterns should not be selected for now, so if
the display says USER, press PRESET / USER button so USER is no longer illuminated.
Now, use the INC / DEC buttons or the VALUE dial to select the first pattern.
STEP 4
Press the PATTERN / SONG buttons to switch back to Song Mode (the display will show
SONG).
STEP 4
Press the REC button to enable Record
Mode (the REC LED will illuminate). Now
press the PLAY button to begin recording
the Song. You will see the screen shown
on the right.
(000 in this example) shows the current
Song Step. The second three-digit number
(005 in this example) shows the Beat
Number of the currently selected Pattern.
The Pattern selected for this step is shown
on the second line (PATT 05 in this
example). A, B or FILL will be shown as
well, depending on which iteration of the
Pattern has been chosen.
STEP 5
To select the Pattern which should be played next, use
the INC / DEC buttons. Alternatively, you can use the
VALUE dial or you can enter the Pattern number with
the number keys. Remember to add a leading zero for
patterns 0-9 (i.e. 00, 05, 09, etc).
change to display NEXT and the cued Pattern number
on the bottom line. The Pattern will begin playing as
soon as the current Pattern plays through its end.
The first three-digit number
The screen will
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